Apply to the PhD programme

PhD admission round

• Application period: 9.12–9.1.2025 at 3:00 PM (UTC+2).
• You can apply only to one subject per round.

Admission requirements

1. Master's degree
2. GPA or GMAT/GRE
3. Subject-specific requirements
4. Statement of purpose
5. Research proposal
6. Academic text in Swedish or English
7. Language requirement
8. CV
9. Two reference persons

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Selection criteria

• Everyone who meets the requirements for subject eligibility goes on to academic assessment.
• The academic assessment is completed by the programme, that scores the candidates and makes an admission proposal regarding the applicants for the subject.
• Applicants will be ranked based on the academic assessment in the first stage, after which the most qualified and highest-ranked candidates will be invited for an interview in the second assessment stage.
• In the academic assessment, the candidates are ranked based on the following assessment elements:
  1. Academic assessment (pass/fail)
  2. Interview (pass/fail)
• The candidates invited to the interview are assessed by a statement from the programme.
• The proposed candidates proceed to the Doctoral Admissions Committee, after which the Rector makes a decision on admission based on the committee's proposal.